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Rock Mechanics Specialist
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Job Type: Full-Time Permanent
Salary Range: Up to $130,000
Sector or Project summary
- Environment & Geosciences
Job Description
- Our Environment & Geotechnics team is looking for a rock mechanics specialist to join its geotechnical team, more specifically in the field of rock mechanics design and excavation supervision in rock materials. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will be involved in projects ranging from feasibility studies to construction. You may also work on the development and management of investigation programs.
Responsibilities:
- Carry out field campaigns, including supervision of drilling, and/or excavation, soil and rock description and sampling;
- Participate in the planning, follow-up and interpretation of geotechnical investigations;
- Describe (composition and structure) and geomechanically classify rock samples;
- Participate in design studies (stability, infiltration and deformation analyses of exterior or underground rock walls);
- Develop and implement geomechanical instrumentation plans;
- Supervise construction sites, involving geological surveys and recommendations relating to stratigraphy, structure, geomechanical classification, underpinning and bolting, etc;
- Compile and analyze geotechnical and geomechanical data;
- Prepare technical reports, plans and specifications under the supervision of a senior engineer;
- Communicate with various stakeholders (contractors, subcontractors, customer representatives);
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in geological engineering or geology;
- Master's degree in rock mechanics or geomechanics;
- Relevant PhD an asset;
- Minimum combined work experience in geology, geotechnics and geomechanics of 15 years
- Essential experience in rock mechanics monitoring and design;
- Essential experience in rock wall instrumentation and auscultation.
- Essential knowledge of rock mechanics software (e.g. Rocscience suite);
- Experience in characterizing geological environments for gas, hydrocarbon and nuclear waste storage would be an asset;
- Experience in characterizing geomaterials for the design of underground structures an asset;
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written);
- Bilingualism (English-French) an asset;
- Ability to work as part of a team.